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ἁψίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁψίς ἁψῖδος

Structure: ἁψιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ptw

Sense

  1. net, mesh
  2. wheel, hoop, disc
  3. Any curved form: bow, arch, vault

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κάμπτει δὲ νέασ ἁψῖδασ ἐπῶν, τὰ δὲ τορνεύει, τὰ δὲ κολλομελεῖ, καὶ γνωμοτυπεῖ κἀντονομάζει καὶ κηροχυτεῖ καὶ γογγύλλει καὶ χοανεύει. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, anapests 1:2)
  • ἁψῖδοσ δὲ ἥμισυ ἐπὶ δύο ξύλα στήσαντεσ ὕπτιον καὶ τὸ ἕτερον ἥμισυ τῆσ ἁψῖδοσ ἐπ’ ἕτερα δύο, καταπήξαντεσ τρόπῳ τοιούτῳ πολλὰ ταῦτα, ἔπειτα τῶν ἵππων κατὰ τὰ μήκεα ξύλα παχέα διελάσαντεσ μέχρι τῶν τραχήλων ἀναβιβάζουσι αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ τὰσ ἁψῖδασ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 72 3:1)
  • ἐθαύμασεν ἄν τισ τὰσ ἀψῖδασ τῶν τροχῶν θεασάμενοσ, ὅπωσ συντετορευμέναι καὶ τοῖσ πλευροῖσ τῶν βάσεων προσηνωμέναι ἁρμονίωσ ταῖσ ἄντυξιν ἐνέκειντο· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 8 106:3)

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